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paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia 3

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A dystonia characterized by epilepsy and attacks of dystonic or choreathetotic movements, which may coexist or occur singly, that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the KCNMA1 gene on chromosome 10q22.

Signs and symptoms

  • Global developmental delay
  • Brisk reflexes
  • Paroxysmal dyskinesia
  • Hypotonia
  • Generalized non-motor (absence) seizure
  • EEG with spike-wave complexes (>3.5 Hz)
  • Bilateral tonic-clonic seizure with generalized onset
  • Seizure

Also known as: generalized epilepsy and paroxysmal dyskinesia; paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia 3 with or without generalized epilepsy